April chatted with some friends as she fussed over Judy the Donkey in a field in the hamlet of Metton, Norfolk. It was a couple of days after Easter 1969 and the 13 year old had stopped at “Donkey Field” on her way to her eldest sister’s house in the neighbouring village of Roughton.  After a short time April was back on her bicycle and on her way. April never made it to her sister’s house and she has not been seen or heard from since that day. 

Sources 

• British newspaper archive (subscription required)

Coventry Evening Telegraph 10/04/69
Sunday Mirror 13/04/69 
Newcastle Journal 16/04/69
Daily Mirror 10/06/69
Birmingham Post -5/01/79
Daily Mirror 02/04/80
Sandwell Evening Mail 20/05/94
Newcastle Journal 20/05/94
Newcastle Journal 11/06/94
Newcastle Journal 17/06/94
Dundee Courier 16/04/97
Aberdeen press and Journal 20/05/94

• https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/photograph-could-be-key-to-solving-case-of-missing-april-1620788
• https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/new-calls-after-april-fabb-s-50th-anniversary-appeal-1383474
• https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/april-fabb/
• https://www.norfolk.police.uk/news/cold-cases/april-fabb
• http://davidhardy.bravesites.com/aprilfabb
• https://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/last-chance-to-find-boy-who-disappeared-40-years-ago-276596
• https://www.norfolk.police.uk/news/cold-cases/steven-newing
• https://www.norfolk.police.uk/news/cold-cases/susan-long
• https://genettetate.devonlive.co.uk
• www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/robert-black-child-killer-whose-19820140.amp
• www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15464440.amp
• www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/serial-killer-peter-tobin-brags-23611118.amp
• https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/peter-tobin
• www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/6894267/peter-tobin-serial-killer-confession-another-victim/amp/
• www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/who-peter-tobin-murder-remembering-12308912.

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